Calendar



May 4 1926.

E. T. CROOKER CALENDAR Filed August 226, 1924 s sheets-sheet 1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL f gmt May 4 1926.

E. T. cRooKER CALENDAR 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed August' 22, 1924 'I a@ uM-myl Patented lvlay 4, 192:6.

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CALENDAR:

Application inea August 22, 1924;- serial no'. 733,5'8'1-3y v T0.:aZZI whom it may concern:

Be it yknown that'I, EDWARD T. CRooKER',"

a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus,-in ithe county of Franklin and State of Ohio,.have invented certainjnew and' useful Improvements in Calendars,r of which tbefollowing is a specification.

This' invention relatesv to improvements inperpetual calendars and has as its gen- 1o eral object `to provide a calendar extremely simple in construction, capable of ready adw justmentoty itsfcomponent parts to properly display the calendar indicia, and possessing numerous advantages over calendars ot' this class which have heretofore been designed.

Another object of the inventioiris to pros' vi'de a perpetual calendar which, so far as exterior` appearance is concerned, will be not only `attr-active but will, so far as the calendar indicia is concerned, not diff-er in its appearancefrom any ordinarycalendar. a

The calendar embodying the'inventionis of that type inwhich month date bearingpanels are employed andare so suspended that'they may be selectively arrangedrin accordance withl any'month of any year, 'and'` another object of the present invention is to provide a novel means for supporting such panelsy which means lwill be' extremely :simple in its' construction and permitnfythe most readyv arrangement of the'panels' as occasiony will require at the-beginning. oi each month'.-

Another .object of the inventior'l1 is to so construct the calendar thaty it will occupy but ported iny any otherl manner, and will be ldevoid of` the bulkyappearance' possessedv by other calendars of thisz general class.`

In the accompanying drawings: 40

little space whenhung upon aA wall: or sup- Figure 1 is a View in front elevation of a; calendar constructed in accordance wit-hthey invent1on,'the calendar being shown closed tional f view taken substantially ionv line g Figure 7l isV yaperspective '.view: of; the: marker showny in Figures 5 andG ofz the The calendar *embodying the invention Y drawings.-

comprises a f frame structure .which is"` ,in-o

dica-ted ini` general ,by the' nungleralil-,fv andwhich is preferably of the rectangular form shown in the drawings and includes side membersQ, atop member v3,! andl a bottom member 4.1 Ther 4framel structure may; be

provided with a back,- if' desi'redf although this `is by no means essential inasmuolr Whj'enthe calendar is hung upon a Wallerv otherwise support-ed against a flat surface,

the back o the framefstrjucture will be closed. As heretofore stated, the'c'alendaris of that type embodying. aA number of month' date lbear-ing panelsAV and these panelsl are'` vindicated in the-drawingsbyA the numeral 5 and the panels may be olf-cwoodametali.

oranyother material found suitable Jfor the'l Each panel is in thenatu-re of a d fiat-sided fst-rifp, f th-e longitudinal I edges o'lwhichare parallel, and each panel-,isprovided at its lowerfend withv a `handle-por-` aoff tion 6 by which the" panel*` may be readilyY grasped for the purposeof'manipulating the samel in effectingl a rearrangement of the various panels atthe beginning., of each month. -For a purpose Which'will presently o be made-Clear, ,each panel is formed-inits v upper end'A portion y with a- ,vertically eX- tending slot indicatedvbyth'e numeral 7, the.t ev yslot extendingvfmidway between' the'longiv tudinal edges of thepanel and parallel thereto. Each panel bearsN uponyeachv of itsfaces a rvertically arranged; seriesfzof ordinals` indicated'- bythe numeral 8, representing month dates and the arrangementof." these-dateordinalsuponthe faces; of the iseveralpanels willl be such that 'by suitably-y interchangingandl arranging the; panels, any desired'- monthly calendar may be obtained.'

r1 oo Themeans provided for,` suspending-the panels 5'comprisesa pair o-support'ing rods 9 and l0 whichvare mounted at their ends preferably in the side members 230i the.` frame 'structure andv eXtend inf horizontalVV parallely relation to each other and'ibeneathV thetop of themember 3 ofthe-'Saidffralrle'` l A structure; theq rodi 9 being.- arranged. above the vertical pla-ne. Each'rod formed.v 'atin-4 tervals, upon its side which is presented toward the open side of the frame structure, with suspension hooks 11 which curve forwardly and thence upwardly as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 ofthe drawings. The hooks of the two rods are so spaced and arranged that respective hooks will be in vertical alinement throughout the two series. The slots 7 in the panels 5 are of dimensions to accommodate the hooks 11 and the said slots are likewise of a length greater than the distance between respective ones of the hooks upon the upper and lower rods. Such being the case, these panels may be suspended from the hooks upon the upper rod 9 or from the hooks upon the lower rod 10, and in the i former instance, they hooksupon the upper rod9 will engage the upper end walls of the slots and the slots will accommodate the respective hooks upon the lower rod 10. Of course, in the other instance, the hooks upon the lower rod 10 will engage the upper end walls of the slots 7. In view of the fact that the panels 5 may be supported at different elevations and certain of the panels bear upon their opposite faces a series ofv month date ordinals, a suiliciently wide range of adjustment is affordedto permit of display of a calendar month of twenty-eight,

twentynine, thirty or thirty-one days, as

may be necessary, and, likewise, the first day of the month may be arranged beneath the week day abbreviations which will presently be referred to.

The panels 5 are not suspended for free swinging movement butnear their ends they rest at their rear sides against a cross rod 1.2 which is mounted at its ends in the side member 2 of the frame structure 1 and is located a suitable distance above the bottom member 4 of the said frame structure. This cross rod prevents any rearward swinging movement ofthe panels which might otherwise take place, and forward swingingmovement ofthe panels is prevented in a manner which will now be explained.

The means referred to above comprises a panel 13 which may be of sheet metal, wood,

or any other material i or combinations fof materials found suitable for the purpose, and this panel is of rectangular form and of a width equal to the width of the frame structure and is hingedly mounted at one end as at 14, upon one of the side members 2 of the said structure, the panel being so positioned that when swung to closed position as illustratedin Figure 1 of the drawings, it will extend across the lower portion of the open front of the frame structure and will cover and conceal the handle portions 6 of the month date panels 5. The outer face of the panel may bear any advertising matter desired, as indicated by the numeral115, and the said panel 13 may be held closed atits 'free end by any suitable latch device indicated by the numeral 16. Likewise, the face ofthe panel may be ornamented in any desiredmanner or the panel, if of sheet metal, v

may be suitably embossed. The inner face of the panel v13 bears a calendar indicated in general by the numeral 17 and the said cal` endar comprises columns of years indicated cluding the twelve months of the year, thisy roll being located Yabove the upper end of the respective year column 18 and extending laterally toward the right from said roll. Above each month name in the roll 19 is printed, as at 20, the number of days in the respective month. Extending vertically beneath each month name in the roll 19 and opposite the year datesin thecolumn 18,

is a column 21 of weekday names and the,l

arrangement is such that by glancing at this calendar and noting the current year, the

f user of the calendar may determine the day of the week on which the first day of anyv month of that year will fall and can accordingly adjust or rearrange the panels .5 to construct the monthly calendar. At this point it will be evident that when the panel 13 is swung to closed position, which position itwill normally occupy, the calendar 17 will be concealed from view, it being only necessary, therefore, to swing the panel, tok

open position at the first of each month when it becomes necessary to rearrange the panels 5.

The upper or slotted ends of themonth date panels 5 are covered and concealed by a panel 22 which corresponds substantially in dimensions to the panel 13 and which may be of any material found suitable for the purpose. As illustrated in Figure 3 ofthe drawings, this panel 22 may comprise a sheet or ply 23 of metal, veneer, or any other suitable material, upon which may be printed the name of the calendar, as indicated lby the numeral 24;, or anyother matter desired, the said sheet 23 being provided near its lower margin with openings 25 and 26 which are preferably of rectangular formv as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. The numeral 27 indicates a backing of sheet metal or other suitable material which is secured to the inner or rear face of the sheet 23 and preferably is of the same marginal dimensions as said sheet so that the margins of the two sheets are inV registration with each other. The backing sheetv 27 is stamped. or otherwise formed to provide a pocket 28 extending longitudinally of the rear side of the panel as a whole and the wall of this pocket defined by the stamped out portion of the said backing sheet 27, is formed with openings 29 and 30'which are located re- Slidably and removably fitted into the vpocket 282 are two cards, one indicated by th'enun'ieralgv 32.1 andthe other by the numeral'` 32, these cards-beingk of oblongrectangular form and` the said cards respectively bearing month abbreviations and year dates as indi.- cated respectively bythe numerals 33 and 34. The months-abbreviations and the year dates areV printed? upon the opposite faces of the cards andtheindicia uponA each face of each card are soarranged asto be correctly read-y ings- 29`and 30 in the rearwall ofy the pocket 28, the adjustment of the cards 311 andf32 is greatly facilitated. v

Thepanel 22is hingedly mounted at one end, as 'at 35, upon` one of theside inembers 2'ofi hefram'e'structure 1, and is nor mally heldclosedby 4any suitablelatch 36 at it'slopposite end As-stated,the panel covers or conceals the upper or slotted ends of the month date panels 5, ancprinted upon the faceofj thesaidi panel; 22 along the lower margin thereof, is a row 3'7- of week day abbreviations or naines, these being located immediately above the columnsof month. date ordinals upon the clearly shown in Figure 1. Upon the inner face of the panel 22 above the pocket 28 there may be printed, as at 38, the dates on which Easter Sundays occur throughout a period of years.

From the foregoing description of the in vention, it will be understood that the calendar when the panels 13 and 22 are closed, presents substantially the appearance of an ordinary monthly calendar, no indicationbeing given that it is in effect, a perpetual calendar.

Figure 4 of the drawings, illustrates a D n c l n slight modification of the invention with respect to the means provided to prevent rearward swinging movement of the lower ends of the month date panels 5, and in this figure the numeral 40 indicates one of the month date panels, the numeral 41 the frame structure in which the panels are suspended, the numeral 42 the lower covering panel which is the equivalent of the panel 15, and the numeral 43 a rod which` is rotatably j ournaled at its ends in the sidemembeis of the frame structure 41. This rod, as in the case of the rod 12, constitutes a rest against which the lower end portions of the month date panels may engage, ,but in this case the rod is provided withja depending flange 44 which is normally out of contact with the the cards may bev respective panels 5, asV

panels' 40Fbut`fwhich, throughmanual'rotation',` oftherod 43 as, `for example, by the provision of. any suitable fingerpiece at one or' both endsof the rod, will -be swungupwardly and. the lower, endsf'of the month date panels so tl'iat they may be` more readily grasped. This arrangement providesv for a more coin-- pact form. ofi calendar, as will be evident by reference to Figure-4 and a comparison of.. thisftigure with Figure 3.

lIn rearranging the month' date panelsy at the beginning ofi any month, the panel next following the last day of expired month isiV removed and the panelbearing the ordinal representing'the first day of they month is substituted therefor, all of the other panels beingl then rearranged `so that the month datesV willl read consecutively throughout.

/Reference maythen behad to thecalendar data'1-7i upon the door 13 for the purpose ofV verifying'the rearrangement of thel panels.

.'Ilhe ,modified structure shownin Figures 5, 6 and 7, embodies a marker which'isdesigned to be selectively disposed at different forwardly tooutwardly swingl pointsin the area occupied by the' month.

date'panels so'as toi'ndicate to the'obseiwerY v the current month; date,l

fiedi structure, whichi is` otherwise substanf tially Vstructurallyy identicall with that previ'- ously described, the frame ofthe structurev and in i the modieY is. indicated. in general by the numeral 45` ande comprises side members 46 correspond# ying to. the side: members 2 of theA previously,

described form. The month date panels'are indicated by the numerals 47, and said panels are provided in their longitudinal edges with substantially semi-circular notches 48 located at the corners of the spaces in which the month date ordinals are printed,the said notches, when the panels are arranged side by side as shown in Figure 5, being designed to register with 'corresponding adjacent notches so as to provide substantially circular openings between the adjacent edges of adjacent panels. Likewise, the inwardly presented faces of the sides 46 of the frame 45 are formed with substantially seini-circular grooves or notches 49 with which the notches in the edges of the endinost panels are designed to register, as shown in the said Figure 5. The marker is shown most clearly in Figure 7 of the drawings and is indicated in general by the numeral 50, and they said marker comprises a rectangular frame 51 which is of dimensions-substantially equal to the dimensions of the space within which any one of the month date ordiiials of the month date panels are printed. This frame may be of metal andof any appropriate color to contrast with the surface defined by the group of panels, and projecting rearwardly from the upper corners of the frame formed by the registering notches atthe upper corners of any of .the month date spaces, the marker being, in this manner, supported upon the iace of the panel assemblage in position to surround and en-y -l'ranie 51, as clearly shown in Figures G and 7 ott the drawings, so that the thumb nail and .torei'inger nail may be engaged `Vith the mai-lier vtraine to permit of suchV remoral and repositioning ol the frame.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: Y

l. A calendar of the class described comprising a iframe, spaced upper and lower supporting menibers extending transversely within the upperv portion of the trame, suspension elements upon the said members, respective ones of the elements being arranged above one another, and month-date panels having slots in their upper portions Vof a length greater than the distance between two respective ones of the said suspension elements whereby each panel may be suspended from either of two associated ones ot' said elements, the slot in each panel accommodating the lower element when the panel is suspended lroni the upper element.

2. A calendar ot' the class described com- JrisinO' a Yframe s )aced series ot sus ension a 7 elements within the frame, the series of Velements extending transversely 1n parallelism' and tue elements ot each series being. corresponding elements of the two series.

3. A calendar of the class described com prisi'ng a trame, spaced series of suspension ,elements within the frame, the series'of elemeins extending transversely in parallelism near the upper end oi' the traine and the elements oi? each series being correspondingly spaced7 month date bearing panels having openings in their upper end portions of dimensions to accommodatetwo of the suspension elements in one position of Vertical adjustment of the panels and to accommodate a single one or the elements in another position oI adjustment.oiA the panelsfwhereby each panel may be suspended selectively from the upper and lower correspondingk elements ol each series, and cover members hingedly mounted at one side oi' the frame, one at the top thereof and the other at the bottoni thereof and, when closed, constituting means to retain the said month date bearing panels in the position to which they have been adjusted.

ln testimony whereofl airix my signature.

EDVVARD T. CROOKER. [L. s] 

